Mozambique - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Mozambique was 88.41 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 101.02 in 1990 and 82.76 in 1960.

Definition: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 82.76
1961 83.60
1962 84.24
1963 84.70
1964 85.02
1965 85.19
1966 86.14
1967 86.75
1968 87.11
1969 87.31
1970 87.40
1971 88.16
1972 88.66
1973 88.95
1974 89.04
1975 88.95
1976 89.26
1977 89.27
1978 89.03
1979 88.63
1980 88.07
1981 89.26
1982 90.21
1983 90.90
1984 91.26
1985 91.24
1986 93.77
1987 95.91
1988 97.68
1989 99.30
1990 101.02
1991 98.21
1992 95.91
1993 94.11
1994 92.65
1995 91.33
1996 91.78
1997 91.96
1998 91.91
1999 91.79
2000 91.71
2001 92.32
2002 92.84
2003 93.27
2004 93.57
2005 93.68
2006 94.48
2007 94.94
2008 95.15
2009 95.19
2010 95.11
2011 95.12
2012 95.00
2013 94.72
2014 94.23
2015 93.50
2016 92.74
2017 91.78
2018 90.70
2019 89.56
2020 88.41

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Mozambique was 5.39 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.30 in 1990 and a minimum value of 5.39 in 2020.

Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6.01
1961 6.10
1962 6.17
1963 6.23
1964 6.27
1965 6.29
1966 6.36
1967 6.42
1968 6.45
1969 6.47
1970 6.47
1971 6.53
1972 6.56
1973 6.58
1974 6.58
1975 6.57
1976 6.59
1977 6.59
1978 6.57
1979 6.54
1980 6.51
1981 6.59
1982 6.64
1983 6.68
1984 6.69
1985 6.69
1986 6.87
1987 7.02
1988 7.15
1989 7.24
1990 7.30
1991 7.14
1992 6.98
1993 6.83
1994 6.69
1995 6.57
1996 6.57
1997 6.55
1998 6.51
1999 6.46
2000 6.39
2001 6.38
2002 6.35
2003 6.29
2004 6.23
2005 6.14
2006 6.13
2007 6.09
2008 6.04
2009 5.97
2010 5.88
2011 5.86
2012 5.83
2013 5.77
2014 5.70
2015 5.61
2016 5.59
2017 5.56
2018 5.51
2019 5.46
2020 5.39

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Mozambique was 83.02 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 93.72 in 1990 and a minimum value of 76.75 in 1960.

Definition: Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 76.75
1961 77.50
1962 78.06
1963 78.48
1964 78.75
1965 78.90
1966 79.77
1967 80.33
1968 80.66
1969 80.85
1970 80.93
1971 81.63
1972 82.10
1973 82.37
1974 82.45
1975 82.38
1976 82.67
1977 82.67
1978 82.46
1979 82.08
1980 81.57
1981 82.68
1982 83.57
1983 84.22
1984 84.57
1985 84.55
1986 86.90
1987 88.88
1988 90.53
1989 92.06
1990 93.72
1991 91.07
1992 88.93
1993 87.28
1994 85.95
1995 84.76
1996 85.21
1997 85.41
1998 85.40
1999 85.34
2000 85.32
2001 85.94
2002 86.49
2003 86.98
2004 87.34
2005 87.54
2006 88.35
2007 88.85
2008 89.11
2009 89.22
2010 89.23
2011 89.25
2012 89.18
2013 88.95
2014 88.53
2015 87.89
2016 87.14
2017 86.22
2018 85.19
2019 84.10
2020 83.02

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population